The Cobra Strikes

The film 'The Cobra Strikes' was released in 1948 and originally registered for copyright by Pathe Industries, Inc. (Eagle-Lion Films) under registration number LP1649 on April 22, 1948. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, US works required a renewal filing during the 28th year of their initial term to maintain protection. For a 1948 work, this renewal window was between 1975 and 1976. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal registration for this title. The absence of a renewal record is further corroborated by the 'Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894–1959)' by D. Richard Baer, which lists the title as a non-renewed work. As the copyright was not extended into its second term, the work entered the public domain in the United States at the expiration of its initial 28-year term in 1976.